A provocative analysis. The comments - re-interpretations and suggested solutions - give even more color to the subject. Do read those too. Nevertheless, similar stuff is already being written about Kenya. Your article and my comments (http://www.lpakenya.org/home/node/18) are just a few examples.

While a lot must be done to improve the environment for Kenya's IT entrepreneur, most successful entrepreneurs have a winning attitude that I've seen in one of the posts I quote below. Maybe we should consider how to
nurture such souls.

I am tech graduate, chose to work in Business Development capacity for 3 yrs in 3 companies(all start ups or small Co.s) each were into very different products/service/technology, experienced great learning curves, learnt tough world of business from close quarters. I constantly and consciously was heading towards my objective. Few months back i had a offer to work from US with neat pay. But I choose to start a company in India with high end R&D work. From the day i graduated all i wanted to do was start a company and at 26, we have our start up which is 6 months old now. Here are few of my opinions: 1) India has it's own challenges like any other country, we should always try to figure out a way and not go with whys, ifs, buts, etc. Stop whining! What is available is available.. (or do u wanna wait till......) 2) This forum should focus on ways to beat difficulties and NOT overtly highlight them(Excuses/fear) 3) we need to focus and encourage 'attitude needed for start ups' (Culture without self created fear or inhibitions) and not 'analysis-paralysis' factor. 4) iFlex is a role model and not sweat shops like Infy, Wipro or TCS (we are working on product initiatives and tying up with only s/w product companies) 5) FInally only person who is stopping you from staring a business is YOU, all other factors are less than 1% I would like to add I have invested almost everything I had and run the company from my own little money i have saved, I might be loosing money initially but I haven't lost out on my dreams.... I have never been more happy or slept more peacefully as I am now with my Start Up. With all due respect to you leading people, Stop analyzing and encourage new guys into venturing without fear. If one already did it's perfect, but if one wants and has not.. then guys should do something now there only split second diff b/w today and tomorrow , for that matter between 2007 and 2010. TAKE THAT SMALL(and No, it's not BIG) STEP TODAY. Or we can just keep talking, thinking, analyzing, mulling and finally cheating/lying to ourselves. As someone told Job is survival and Entrepreneurship is success/happiness & India is opportunity like any other. Cheers!

posted on Saturday, April 07, 2007 at 11:39 AM by Kumar